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Letter "S" » Samuel Johnson Quotes
«A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.»
«A desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being whose mind is not debauched will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.»
«Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.»
«When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligen»
«It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.»
«Prudence keeps life safe, but it does not often make it happy.»
«Money and time are the heaviest burdens in life: and among mortals, those who are most unhappy are the ones who have more than they need.»
«Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.»
«All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I would not rather know it than not.»
«Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.»
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